| 1673 |
During their voyage down the Mississippi River, Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet were the first Europeans to set foot on land that would later become Missouri |
| 1682 |
Explorer Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle took possession of the Louisiana Territory area for France (Apr. 9) |
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| 1724 |
Fort Orleans built on the north bank of the Missouri River by Etienne de Bourgmont in today’s Carroll County; it was abandoned six years later |
| 1750 |
Approximate date of the founding of Ste. Genevieve, the first permanent white settlement |
| 1762 |
Spain gained control of the Louisiana Territory in the Treaty of Fontainebleau (Nov. 13) |
| 1764 |
City of St. Louis was founded by Pierre Laclede Liguest (Feb. 15) |
| 1769 |
City of St. Charles was established by Louis Blanchette as a trading post |
| 1770 |
The Spanish government officially assumed control of the Territory of Louisiana (May 20) |
| 1773 |
Mine au Breton (later Potosi) founded |
| 1789 |
Colonel George Morgan established the city of New Madrid (Feb. 14) |
| 1793 |
Louis Lorimer received trading privileges and authority to establish a post at Cape Girardeau (Jan. 4) |
| 1798 |
Lieutenant Governor Zenon Trudeau of the Spanish government offered Daniel Boone 1000 arpents to settle in the Louisiana Territory |